How to check all files in a repository containing "centralized" renovatebot configuration?

[kastl-ars]

Dear maintainers,

we have a repository that holds *.json files containing different renovate configurations. Those files are being referred to in other repos using extends, i.e. we have only one line in each repo's renovate.json.

So it would be crucial to not mess up the centralized configuration files. I would like to use pre-commit as one part (and a GitlabCI pipeline later).

How would I supply the list of files to check with the pre-commit hook?

I found the RENOVATE_CONFIG_FILE variable in the docs, but how would I set it in the .pre-commit-config.yaml? Can I use a wildcard (*.json)?

Thanks in advance!

Kind Regards,
Johannes

[maxbrunet]

The files key of the hook can simply be overridden in the .pre-commit-config.yaml

[kastl-ars]

Thanks, I will give this a try.

[norman-zon]

Did it work for you? I tried setting

repos:
  - repo: https://github.com/renovatebot/pre-commit-hooks
    rev: 41.37.9
    hooks:
      - id: renovate-config-validator
        files: '.*\.json$'

but my preset in folder/mypreset.json is ignored:

renovate-config-validator............................(no files to check)Skipped